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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the Carson sisters?
(a) Amy.
(b) Emma.
(c) Helen.
(d) Sophy.

2. Of who is it said that writing is "a way of ticketing specimens; not of expressing thoughts"?
(a) Henry Carson.
(b) Job Legh.
(c) Jane Wilson.
(d) Jem Wilson.

3. Why does Mary ask a doctor to declare Jane Wilson unfit to travel?
(a) So that Mary does not have to travel with Jane.
(b) So that Mary can save Jem on her own.
(c) So that Jane won't have to testify at Jem's trial.
(d) So that Jane can rest some more.

4. What does Mary admit in her testimony?
(a) That she loved Harry Carson.
(b) That her father killed Harry Carson.
(c) That she loves Jem.
(d) The she killed Harry Carson.

5. What is the name of Will Wilson's ship?
(a) The Queen Victoria.
(b) The John Cropper.
(c) The Magellan.
(d) The Prince Albert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recommends that Mary be the one to track down Will Wilson?

2. On what condition will Miss Simmonds welcome Mary back to her seamstress job?

3. Who does Mary see is slowly dying in Chapter 22?

4. Who does Job receive a letter from at the courthouse?

5. Who informs the Carson sisters of their brother's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret tell her grandfather that Mary should be the one to search for Will?

2. How does Jane Wilson feel about Jem and Mary as a couple?

3. What does Mary offer the sailors in order to hire a boat?

4. Why does Jem leave Mary to return to Manchester?

5. How does Will Wilson say he will return to the shore?

6. How does Esther hide the truth about her living situation from Mary when she visits her?

7. How do the Sturgis' try to revive Mary when she faints at their house?

8. What does Charley Jones clarify about the John Cropper sailing out?

9. What does Mary stay up all night doing at the Sturgis' house?

10. How has Alice Wilson's stroke affected her, and who cares for her?

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